The Republican journal., 1887-09-29
A Terri bic Arraignment.

Yesterday attention. was callc 20 the arraiyE-
ncHt of the Presidents chosen dispenser and
recipient of patronage in New Hampshire by
party organ. which made charges Of the abuse
OF Federal position and influence to promote
personal interests and TO drive hc,itatin9 i'e,.-
ocrats in the Legislature into the support Of
these interests. Ia recent issue OF the Baiti-
NOR. Sun. IN Administration organ, John II.
Cowan, Democrat, Who has renounocd Gur,nan-
ism, makes the following terrible arraigumcnt
Of Gorman and ring methods aud creatures in
that city:
And now, for some time past. You have
been he apol'sst, open or silent, for the most
di>grAceful regime t!.At t'!e city r|cr knew.
Election after election Las been carried by bare
faced fraud. ihe city's pay roll is gradually
as@ilnilating to th9 polio, records Murder. purc
aud simple, is recognized a> political service
to be rewarded in both National. state and
Municipal appointments in The ;.9r>on~ of trust,
Bu,cy. Buclheimer. koclis, i;url;c, Kennedy
and Goodrich Think of tile list seven murder
cr>. \ host OF Others known to Us all who have
not taken life, but only tried to t!o sJ-DWen>,
Garter. Butch Murphy. Mike Murphy and
long linc-sWel the roll an,. di~-l.l,'" our city.
A murder is planned and carried on, With sem
satonai delihcrdtioli. merely to ~topa bolt imam
important ward. Tie party shows il band
in the attempt to get rid of the states witne>s>'
made by man high IN lis cCun>cl>. Nineteen
men If criminal record draw pay from the city
for their activities in one ward. Twice does
GOV. Lloyd allow the ballot boxes of this city
to be looted. and. III spite Of thc scandal. ha>
third time refused minority representation oa
the board. His supervisors twice ill the poll
ing places Wth Judges from The very seam Of the
earth--mrn whose hleachcd faces tell you. a.
YOU look in the polling places, that ghcy are OF
the class who sleep by DAY and not ty night
the spawn OF the hrothcls and -mall gambling
dcns of the city,
1t may be doubted if ever before such sweep
ing charges of crime were ma lie against political
managers by a man Of their own PARTY. "Eiec-
ton after election has been carried by bare
faced fraud Il charge, The city'S pay
roll is gradually as>i!nilalng to the police rec
ords''-waS the elevation OF the criminal ele-
ment in politics ever more ter>ev expressed?
"Murder, pure and simple, is recognized As a
political service to be rewarded in both Ma
tional, state and Municipal appointments
which charge is followedby the names of seven
persons who are holding positions under the
Democratic regime in Baltimore. "Alur,lcr is
planned and carried ont to stop bolt in an i'm
portant ward'-is it possible that such things
can be? No wonder that George William Cur
It's, in Harper's Weekly. mildly inquiries why
it is that President Cleveland has held up the
faction in Maryland which ''ha> been identified
with corruption violence and crime"
To-day Senator German maintains this cor
ruptand violent power in MARYLAND because
Mr.. Cleveland has made him the dispenser of
Federal patronage i'll that state. But for this
recognition, senator Gorman would have been
driven from power more than Il year ago. All
these facts have been placed before the Pre>i-
dent time and time again and yet he has per-
mitted Senator German to dictate more APP
pointmcnt> than any other Democratic leader.
Those who are still aboring under the ,lelu-
sion that Mr. Cleveland is rcformer. and is
better then his party. would do well to ponder
the charges of Maryland Democrat Sus-
tanned by the testimony of a large number of
prominent citizens of Maryland. The Pre>i-
dent must be judged by the men upon whom he
confers the greatest fayors. They are such
men as Senator German, ex-senator Barnum
of Connecticut and Hon. Frank Jones of
New Hampshire. Did any one ever hear them
called civil service reformers? Boston Jorunal.